/lit/ - Literature

Any books that will make me a better person? I'm looking for history, science or self-help books (the good kind)

I don't like poetry, literature or philosophy books, I find them a waste of time and its only purpose is for mental masturbation. I want something that will actually teach me things. You think a person like Elon Musk read philosophy or poetry in his free time? You think he reads a book about the sun shining in someones eyes and him going on a murdering spree? (looking at you the stranger, shitbook)

No. reading these things is a useless endeavor only to be enjoyed by the "elite" because they have nothing else to do than resort to mental masturbating themselves on a mongolian basket-weaving forum.